Sexual behaviors and HIV/syphilis infection among men who have sex with men:a meta analysis of data collected between 2001 and 2006 in the Chinese mainland

Objective To examine sexual behaviors,HIV/syphilis infection and their changing trends among MSM in the Chinese mainland during 2001-2006.Methods All published data related to the survey among MSM in the mainland were searched and tabulated.Meta-analysis was conducted to obtain overall estimation of different variables on sexual be- haviors and HIV/syphilis infection among MSM.Results Nearly 50% of the surveyed MSM had college education. About 20% of them were students;75% were unmarried and the mobile population accounted for 25%.About 60% of them claimed that they were gay and 70% had their first sex with another man,The rate of unprotected sex was as high as 75% or more and they had poor self-protection awareness.Anal sex was the fundamental sex behavior.The syphilis in- fection rate was nearly 4% among them,while the HIV infection rate was nearly 2%.An irregular trend was observed be- tween 2001 and 2006.Conclusions Existing data collected in 2001-2006 allowed us to understand the basic demograph- ic characteristics of the MSM population,sexual behaviors and the syphilis and HIV infection rate among them.Due to in- consistent methodology employed in the survey which was conducted mainly in big cities,it would be difficult to make an accurate assessment of the overall composition of MSM population,their behavioral characteristics and state of HIV/ syphilis infection in the Chinese mainland,and a national survey using standardized methodology and protocol will be need- ed in the future.

XU Juan1,XU Jie1,MI Guo-dong1,DOU Zhi1,PANG Lin1,ZHANG Hong-bo2,ROU Ke-ming1,WU Zun-you1. 1.National Center of AIDS/STD Control and Prevention,Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Beijing 102206,China;2.School of Public Health,Anhui Medical University,Hefei 230032,China;Comparison of AIDS related sexual behaviors between married and unmarried MSM[J];Chinese Journal of Disease Control & Prevention;2010-05

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GUO Wei1,MENG Xiao-jun2,ZHANG Yun-jian3, FAN Ji-xiang1,MENG Xiang-dong1,QIU Bai-hong1,LI Zhi-he1.1.Department of AIDS,Jilin Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Changchun 130062,China;2.Department of Epidemiology,National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention,Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Beijing 102206,China;3.Department of AIDS,Changchun Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Changchun 130033,China;Survey of HIV infection and related factors among men who have sex with men in Changchun City[J];Chinese Journal of Disease Control & Prevention;2012-01

FENG Yun~(1),ZHANG Yu~(2),ZHANG Xianfeng~(2),GUO Yi~(1,4),LI Shiliang~(3),LI Gang~(3),WANG Fei~(5)~(1)Dept.of Epidemiology,~4the State Key Laboratory of Virology,School of Public Health,~(5)the Second College of Clinical Medicine,Wuhan University,Wuhan 430071,China~(2)Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Hubei Province,Wuhan 430079,China~(3)Wuhan Institute of Dermatology and Venerology,Wuhan 430000,China;Prevalence Study of HIV High Risk Behavior Among Wuhan Men Who Have Sex with Men[J];Medical Journal of Wuhan University;2006-03

ZHAO Jin-kou~1,MA Xiao-yan~2,WANG Li-yan~3,LV Fan~3.1.Jiangsu Center for Disease Control and Prevention(now seconded to Global AIDS Program,China Office,Center for Disease Control and Prevention),Nanjing 210009,China;2.Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Beijing 100013,China;3.National Center for HIV/AIDS/STD Control and Prevention,Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Beijing 100050,China;A new approach of sampling hard-to-reach population,respondent-driven sampling(RDS)[J];Chinese Journal of Disease Control and Prevention;2005-06

CAO Gan,GUAN Wen-hui1,WU Xiao-gang1,HU Hai-yang1,SHI Ping1,HUAN Xi-ping1,YANG Hai-tao1,WANG Ning2(School of Public Health,Southeast University,Nanjing 210009;1Jiangsu Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Nanjing 210009;2National Center for Disease AIDS/STD Control and Prevention,Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Beijing 100050,China);Study on infection rate of HIV/SYPHILIS among men who have sex with men in a balneary[J];Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Nanjing(Natural Science);2007-06

ZHAO Jin-kou~1,MA Xiao-yan~2,WANG Li-yan~3,LV Fan~3.1.Jiangsu Center for Disease Control and Prevention(now seconded to Global AIDS Program,China Office,Center for Disease Control and Prevention),Nanjing 210009,China;2.Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Beijing 100013,China;3.National Center for HIV/AIDS/STD Control and Prevention,Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Beijing 100050,China;A new approach of sampling hard-to-reach population,respondent-driven sampling(RDS)[J];Chinese Journal of Disease Control and Prevention;2005-06